Method for operating a mobile communication device and mobile communication device

Translation of description of equivalent WO 2011035830 A2

AUDI AG P7810

Patent Application BR / La / Sa

A method of operating a mobile communication device and mobile communication device les

DESCRIPTION:

The invention relates to a method for operating a mobile communication device with the ability to use the Internet, and a deployable at full extension of the method mobile communication device. Under a mobile communication device is understood to mean any device that can be carried by a user and wirelessly exchanges data. Today's mobile communication devices will emerge usually from mobile phones, which are equipped with additional functions. Particularly in motion with means of transport to the mobile use of the communication device comes to increased importance. It may be that circumstances change of use then.

For example, a mobile phone be used in a motor vehicle, it being operated by means of operating units on the motor vehicle. Here, a communication units is carried in the motor vehicle with the mobile telephone via Bluetooth^®Interfaces. In a motor vehicle can possibilities offered by the Internet, will be used wisely. For example, can be used nets for the purpose of navigation, a route planner of the Internet, which then drawn images with map illustrations or photographs from space from the Internet and will be provided in the motor vehicle. In particular, Google Earth^® provides such images. For downloading data from the Internet, a user pays not inconsiderable sums in large amounts of data. He may use a flat rate to not always having to bear costs in individual cases. Such flat rate applies for. Example for domestic (from the customer's perspective, concludes a contract with its communications network provider). embarks the user with his mobile Communication equipment abroad, can not inconsiderable costs.

So far, there is no way to protect a user of the Internet by use of a mobile communication device from excessive cost or even, it display the costs.

It is an object of the invention to provide a way to make an internet access via a mobile communication device more effectively and thus cost-effective.

To achieve the object, the invention provides a method having the features according to claim 1 prepared. The invention also provides a mobile communication device with the features according to claim 9 and according to one aspect of the features according to claim 14 according to another aspect.

thus belongs to the inventive method, at least two situation profiles are defined, namely by regulations be established. Two mutually different situation profiles differ in each case by default, by the extent of Internet use in Internet usage in accordance with the respective search report is determined. The situation profiles is respectively associated with at least one situation parameter. By this or these parameters situation, a situation is defined, and that for each situation profile own situation. Now is determined at least one situation parameter by the mobile communication device to a current situation or with a use of the Internet. Then data from the Internet to be downloaded, and to an extent, which is by the at least one predetermined parameter associated situational situation profile.

It can be so certain situations associated with different conditions, assign a tailor each situation profile. In the above example of the driver who moves on the Internet and abroad, but only for the domestic market has a flat rate contract, can be the first situation define that the motorist is at home, and as the second situation is that he is abroad , The amount of data that is based on the Internet, is then limited once the user is using the mobile communication device abroad.

In a simple embodiment of the invention thus serves a situational parameters for classifying a location of the mobile communication device. This place can be detected by a position sensing device. Newer vehicles have such Positionserfassungsvor- directions. It is also possible to define different profiles for users. Thus, a situation parameter is used to designate a user of the mobile communication device alternatively or additionally. Such a situation parameter can be given a mobile phone for example, or on a SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module), which is already coupled to the mobile communication device. For example, a mobile telephone to recognize the user on its IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity).

In particular, since accompanied downloading images with a large volume of data, preferably different situation profiles differ in the number and resolution of downloaded when using the Internet images, especially from a predetermined server to download images. The number can, for. Example, in Google Earth^® be determined by the scale of a map display when tickets for a specific route to be downloaded.

Since the use of audio data can lead to the high cost, it is provided in a further preferred embodiment that different situation profiles in the bit rate differ, downloaded with such audio data, and this in connection with a streaming mode is particularly useful. For example, particularly highly compressed data with little or no cost or obligation bit compressed data can be downloaded with costs Required when using an Internet radio station depending on the situation. Here may be made specific to a predetermined server in situation profile the setting. Finally, the filter settings for different profiles are different situation, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, in particular those relating to the prioritization of information. This is z. B. in connection with downloading Information on road sense. It can be prioritized on a narrow regional area towards to download only traffic information on a particular region. If a larger amount of data can be downloaded, and additional traffic information for adjacent or total larger regions can be downloaded. This can also be set specifically to a predetermined service to the provider.

Altogether different situation profiles in general inputs can differ positions as regards the downloading of data, but such settings can also be given specifically for different service providers: It is possible that the settings for a particular service provider different from the settings for a different service provider are. If the data volume is limited, a service provider may perhaps preferably be interrogated while may be more likely to dispense with visits from other service providers. A user can then adjust each service-specific parameter settings as its terminal is to behave in different situations Profiles. Basically a situation profile on the mobile communication device itself can be determined, ie by input that receives selbiges that these are input via an alphanumeric keyboard or input using a menu control. In connection with the use of mobile communication device in a motor vehicle there tenverarbeitungseinrichtungen, manage to motor vehicle related data centralized data. An example is provided by the house of the applicant portal at Audi myAudi^® with user accounts. Thus it is conceivable to store the profiles in this situation the central data processing device. You will then be indicative of the mobile communication device in dependence on a user accessed a situation parameter.

As mentioned above, typically a data connection between the mobile communications device and the motor vehicle is produced (eg., Via a Bluetooth^®-Interface). To retrieve situation profiles from a user account may be necessary, inter alia, the submission of an identification of the motor vehicle to the central data processing facility. The ID is then read out from units of the motor vehicle, transmitted via the data link to the mobile communication device and then from this to the central data processing device tion forwarded. It then usually takes a comparison with the stored identifier. In this so-called. "pairing", ie a mapping of a user account to a motor vehicle, is typically also an identifier of the mobile communication device transmits, so z. B. also the IMSI.

It is advantageous if a user is informed about the extent to which predetermined by him Situation profiles are effective. It is therefore a preferred embodiment of the invention, that the benefits of the Internet, the data volume of the related of the mobile communication device from the Internet data is determined and summed. Then it can be communicated to the user.

Message to the user does not immediately munikationsgerät at the mobile communication take place, but the corresponding data can also be transmitted to the central data processing device and be managed by. The data thus include the value of the just determined data volume and / or even the accumulated data volume.

In the inventive mobile communication device with the ability to use the Internet via a wireless connection situation profiles of a plurality of situation profiles in dependence of at least one situation parameters can be called. Different situation profiles differ in that an appropriate use of the Internet you different values ​​in a specified the extent of Internet use size are obtained (all things being equal). The situation profiles indicate the way in front, as the Internet is used, eg. As the type of data to be downloaded, especially assigned to a predetermined data provider or server.

The situation profiles can be stored in the mobile communication device. A definition of the profiles situation is, however, simplified if other means are used as the mobile communications device itself for such. As a personal computer, which communicates with an external data processing device. For this purpose, it is provided according to an advantageous embodiment of mobile communication device that it comprises means for interrogating at least one situation to be called profile from an external data processing device using a mobile communication nikationsgerät stored or has at this transmitted identifier. stored in the mobile communication device is, for. example, an IMSI, if a SIM card is provided. An example of a transmitted identifier is an identifier for a motor vehicle via a Bluetooth^®-SchnittsteIle Communicates with the mobile communication device in data communication.

Here relates to at least one situation parameter an indication of the location of the mobile communication device. The mobile communications device may receive an indication of its location from an external system, for. Example, from a position detecting device in a motor vehicle. But it can also itself be fitted with such a device, for. Example, a GPS receiver, GPS = Global Positioning System, a global positioning system. In the latter alternative, the mobile communication device is self-sufficient and can independently the situation regarding parameters determine the location of mobile communication device and then call the appropriate situation profile. This facilitates the use of its ability to control when using the Internet outside of a motor vehicle. The extent of Internet usage magnitude indicative thereof, to which the Internet can moor in situation profiles, preferably the data volume of the related of the mobile communication device from the Internet data. A special aspect of the invention relates to a mobile communication device with the ability to use the internet, additionally comprising means for detecting, preferably also for summing up, the data volume of the related of the mobile communication device from the Internet data. Regardless of its ability to control this data volume, but preferably in combination with the embodiment just described, it is advantageous if the user of the mobile communication device is given an information, a large volume of data as it has downloaded from the Internet. The volume of data is usually the basis for calculation at a Einzelabrechnun g by the telecommunications provider. Thus, he is informed about the cost roughly.

The invention with reference to a flow chart shown in the single figure is explained in detail. At the beginning of the process, a user sets a situation profile. In a step S10, it sets a situation profile for a site A, for example, this may be the class of all the places in Germany. In a step S12, the situation profile B for a place B a, for example, this may be the class of all places abroad. The provision in the steps S10 and S12 is carried out for., Via a personal computer which is coupled to a central server 10. The central server this sends z. B. masks with menu items to the personal computer, and on the personal computer user input is received, whether these inputs via an alphanumeric keyboard, this may be input via a computer mouse to select a menu item, etc.

On the central server can be stored a user's account, and the user account can be assigned an identifier. In the user account both situation profiles A and B are then stored.

In step S14, the user gets into his car. It connects a mobile phone in the car, by spending this for example in the motor vehicle and a unit in the motor vehicle the Mobilfunktele- fon through Bluetooth^®Interface automatically detects. The motor vehicle transmits its vehicle number as an identifier to the mobile phone that it, transmit it to the central server 10 along with its own identifier, eg. As the IMSI on its SIM. The central server 10 obtains the ID for the user account and can uniquely assign the two situa- onsprofile A and B of the motor vehicle.

During the journey begins at step S16, a use of the Internet. The motor vehicle is at this time at a location A, so that the use of the Internet is carried out according to a usage mode A. The user zungsart A is dictated by the situation profile A. For example, the user has a contract with its communication service provider that provides him a flat rate for Internet use domestically available. In the usage type A, therefore all kinds of images in a number from the Internet to download that can be reasonably used in the motor vehicle. This can be done in the context of navigation, z. B. can download pictures from Google Earth^® be used.

After they drove off, the motor vehicle is now at place B abroad. then takes place in step S18, the use of the Internet according to a loading use type B. If the usage mode B are, for example, only download images in a large map scale from the Internet, so that the data volume remains small. During the steps S16 and S18 is carried out continuously detecting and displaying the volume of data on the transmitted via the Internet to the mobile phone data in step S20. After end of the journey the entire captured data volume to the central server is received, see step S22.

The inventive method thus allows the described embodiment, the use of the Internet according to two types of use (A and B), which are determined by each situation profiles adapted tailored to the needs of the user, in particular z. B. to the one through contracts with or more telecommunications providers given environment. The user is also information on the volume of data and thus the cost.

What is needed is for the accomplishment of the just certain method, a mobile phone, or generally a mobile communication device having the ability to use the Internet, and between Benutzungsar- is th switchable and this can be predetermined based on a situation parameter. In motor vehicle can specify a situation parameters, in response to which the mobile phone selects the usage mode, for example, a position sensing device, such as a GPS receiver.